Re: [boost] [conversion] Motivation for two NEW generic conver_to and assign_to functions

Stewart, Robert wrote:

I fail to understand why

convert_to(b, type_tag<A>())

is acceptable and

convert_to<A>(b)

is not in any circumstance.

For what it's worth, I strongly prefer the syntax of the latter -- it works just like the built-in new-style casts and boost::lexical_cast. --Jeffrey Bosboom